Manicuring implement



Nv. 24, 1936. W NAUNDORF I 2,061,877

MANICURING IMPLEMENT rFiled sept. 12, 1955 zof l 'I zo@ "Il @e if@ 4 l@ J f INVENTOR Patented Nov. 24, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application September 12, 1935, Serial No. 40,335 In Germany March 22, 1935 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for treating nger nails in order that their under surfaces will be cleaned and thereafter colored, or the device may be used for applying coloring alone, or for cleaning the finger nails alone.

The invention provides means for increasing the attractiveness and beauty of the finger nails and the said device contains means which, when manipulated, will travel under the finger nails for the purpose of applying any desired color after they have been cleaned or abraded to make them transparent so that the coloring shows to better advantage through them.

It is an object of the invention to provide novel means for applying a treating agency to a member which is to be drawn under the nails and preferably the member comprises a textile strand or cord which is operated in association with the coloring agency or the cleaning agency such as chalk or a tinted object with relation to which the cord is moved. It has been found in practice that the cord can be operated in conjunction With a piece of chalk as stated or a container in which salve or a piece of sponge soaked with a suitable tinting agency is stored. After the cord has been coated with one of the aforesaid agencies, it is then manipulated with relation to the linger nail to accomplish the result stated. The invention is of course susceptible of different embodiments as will appear.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts inthe several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a side elevation, partly in section, embodying one form of the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a top plan view of a modified construction;

Figure 3 illustrates a detail view of one of the cheek pieces and the parts associated with it for holding the coating for the strand or string;

Figure 4 illustrates a sectional view of a holder for the strand or cord coating; and

Figure 5 illustrates a view in elevation of a further modified coating instrumentality.

l In this drawing 5 denotes one of the cheekpieces of the frame or body, it being understood that a similar cheek-piece is in Vspaced relation thereto in order that they will form a housing for a spring 6,`the said spring having one of its ends anchored to a stud 'I which extends between the cheek-pieces and the opposite end thereof is connected to a plate or carriage 8.

The plate has curved edges which partially embrace a track on which the said plate is slidable.

The track, in the present embodiment of the invention is formed from a length of wire or other metal doubled on itself Vat the outer end to form a loop 9. The parallel portions I and II of the material forming the track extend approximately horizontally whereas the looped end extends downwardly, as shown.

The plate is provided with a fastening I2 to which a strand or string I3 is attached, and the said strand or string is threaded over a guide I4 and through the loop 9 as shown. The plate is further provided With ears I between which a pintle I6 extends, the said pintle acting as a support for a lever I1 having an eccentric por- 20 tion I8 which actswith the plate for holding the string when the said lever is swung downwardly at its outer end. It is shown that the string extends longitudinally of the body and that a sheave or Wheel I9 is rotatably mounted between extensions of the cheek-pieces. The string embraces the sheave and extends between said ears I5 where the said string is clamped, as stated. The string is threaded so that it is in engagement with the cleaning or coloring agent, referred to, which is located at 20, and this agent may include a slotted piece of chalk, a tube filled with salve or a sponge saturated with suitable tinting material, a brush or the like elastically held in the holder. f 4

The cleaner or coloring agent which is located at 20 Figure 1 may be placed in a casing or tube 2l)a inserted between the cheek-pieces', each of which cheek-pieces may be provided with flanges 201 and 20.

40 In the showing, Fig. 3, the tube 2l)n may contain chalk or other polishing substance and the strand or string may travel in a slot in the lower surface thereof.

In Figure 4, the tube Zf as shown may contain bristles 2l!g or a sponge, which may be impregnated with a coloring agent, a dressing or the like which will impregnate the strand or string. The tube, of whatever contents, may be yieldingly held against the strand or string by an elastic member 2 I which may be of rubber or resilient metal.

In Figure 5 there is shown a collapsibletube 2l)d with a discharge nipple 20e through which the contents of the collapsible tube such as paste or cream may be forced.

The plate 8 has a loop or handle 2l by which the plate may be manipulated along the track and as it is moved, the string is moved back and forth across the cleaning or coloring agent until the string becomes coated or impregnated with said agent, after which the string may be manipulated with respect to the linger nails for the purpose intended.

Preferably, each cheek-piece is provided with an indentation or recess 22 so that when the member 5 is spanned by the thumb and nger, the cheek-piece may be rmly held so that the device can be manipulated in the manner stated.

In the modification shown in Figure 2, the body 23 may be substantially the same as that shown in Figure 1 and the said body may have a track on which a plate is slidable and in this embodiment of the invention the string holding clamp and the means for attaching the string to the plate will be substantially the same as that heretofore de- .Scribed With respect to Figure l, the only diierence being that in this embodiment of the invention the plate is reciprocated for moving the string through the use of a rod 21 which is attached to the plate.

The terms thread, cord, strand, string have been used alternatively and it is to be understood that any strand of material capable of being coated or impregnated with the agency for treating the nger nails will be comprehended within the terms employed.

I claim:

1. In a manicuring implement, a body having anger nail treating agent, a carriage movably supported in operative relation to the agent, a thread having its ends connected to the carriage, means for guiding the thread into engagement With the agent, manually operable means for moving the carriage in one direction and means for moving said carriage in the opposite direction.

2. In a manicuring implement, a body having a Vi'lnger nail treating agent, a carriage movably supported in operative relation to the agent, a thread having its ends connected to the carriage, and manually operable means for moving the i carriage. 

